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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 10-5-16 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: October 5, 2016

On Wednesday’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we will once again wend our winsome way within the wilding world of Pop and Exotica music in all its garboard glory.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast every Wednesday, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) at http://www.radiofairfax.org. The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

  1. “Hawaiian Hospitality,” the 1935 song composed by Harry Owens and Ray Kinney, performed in 1937 by Louis Armstrong with the able assistance of Andy Iona and His Islanders, featuring Mr. Iona on Guitar, included in the musicological mélange: Jazz Goes Hawaiian.

  2. “It Happened in Kaloha” was recorded in London in the late Thirties by Brit conglomeration Felix Mendelssohn and His Hawaiian Serenaders, with the Vocal duties handled by George Barclay, and appearing on their self-titled sumptuous CD.

  3. “Do the Hula” was warbled by the Hawaiian canaries Na Leo on their ambulatory album: Hula Mai Kakou. The full name of the group – Na Leo Pilimehana – means “voices blending together in warmth,” and consists of Angela Morales, Nalani Choy and Lehua Kalima Heine.

  4. “Okole Maluna” comes from the effluent compact disc: The Wiki Wiki Grog Shop, produced by the Makai Gents Featuring the Mysterious Miss Mauna Loa.

  5. The song “Hurrah Lani Ha’a Ha’a” celebrates three famous things about Maui the wind called Kilio'opu, the 'Iao Needle, a natural landmark and sacred burying place near Wailuku, and Lani Ha'aha'a, an old poetic name for Hana. This version is sung and picked by Cyril Pahinui, and appears on the 17-year-old acute anthology: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Volume 2.

  6. “Moon Mist” by The Out-Islanders appeared on their 1961 lunar LP: Polynesian Fantasy and is featured on the copious compilation: Ultra-Lounge Mondo Exotica – Mysterious Melodies & Tropical Tiki Tunes.

  7. “My Hawaiian Song of Love” was performed in 1965 for the lapidarial LP: The Don Ho Show! with Rudolph Aquino on Vibes, Benjamin C. Chong on Guitar, Jose Mundo on Piano, Manuel Lagodlagod on Bass and Albert Akana on Drums.

  8. “Tiki” appropriatively inked by Maile McIntyre, was waxed by the composer, arranger and conductor Gene Rains for his 1962 LP: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands, featuring the eponymous Mr. Rains on Vibes and Byron F. Peterson on the Liberace-Like Piano.

  9. Aku Aku was performed by Martin Denny on his 1959 literal LP: Afro-Desia, with Mr. Denny playing Vibes Xylophone and Percussion, pulled from the depths of the coniferous collection: Sven A. Kirsten Presents: The Sound of Tiki.

  10. “King Carla” comes from the insular CD: Lua-O-Milo – The Exotic Sounds of Skip Heller, including Mr. Heller on Piano, Marc Sherman on Alto Flute, DJ Bonebrake on Vibes, Keith Barry on Viola, Frank Lee Sprague on Bassand Michael Dubin on Drums. The album’s title – Lua-O-Milo -- means “Isle of Darkness” in Italian.

  11. “Sneaky Tiki” appears on the capacious compact disc: Stereoexotique, recorded by The Tikiyaki Orchestra – which consists entirely of Jim Bacchi on every instrument.

  12. “Slipstream” was waxed by the Swedish band, the Langhorns on their svelte CD: Mission Exotica.

  13. “Diamond Head,” composed by Dan Hamilton, originally was recorded by the Ventures for their 1964 LP: Walk, Don't Run, and is heard here in a version waxed by The Exotics on their surreptitious CD: Go Go Guitars, with Doug Chasteen and Paul Wall on Electric Guitars, Jonathon Ziegler on Vibes and Bass, and Donald Nelson on Drums and Percussion.

  14. “Bam-Boozled” was drawn with swizzle sticks from the 16-year-old CD: The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki, featuring Hai Jung Aholelei on the Vocal.

  15. “The Man in the Dorian Gray Flannel Suit” was performed by The Metrolites on their sonic spectacular In Spy-Fi, with the song’s composer Scott Morschhauser on Vocal, Kathleen Gallagher on Guitars and Backing Vocal, Nervous Neal Smith on Alto and Baritone Saxes, Devin Kirby-Hansen on Bass and Josh Duffee on Drums and Percussion.

  16. “Totem Pole,” composed by the Jazz Trumpeter Lee Morgan and performed by the Waitiki 7 on their dangerous debut disc: Adventures in Paradise, featuring Zaccai Curtis on Piano, Tim Mayer on Woodwinds, Helen Liu on Violin, Jim Benoit on Vibes, and Lopaka Colon, who doubles as both percussionist and bird caller -- his father, Augie Colon, did the same thing in Martin Denny’s group.

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